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Yvonite & Geminite On Bismuth

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Yvonite & Geminite On Bismuth

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Description
Locality: 
Salsigne Mine, Salsigne, Aude, Occitanie, France
Class: 
Crystals on Matrix
Size Range: 
Small miniature (3-4.5 cm)
Size: 
3.2 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm
Weight: 
19.00gr
Description

Bright rounded blue yvonite from Salsigne, the type locality, associated to pale green geminite and light blue to white needles of that could be pushcharovskite crystals. The dark grey matrix is formed by a heavy metallic cluster of bismuth and minor arsenopyrite. Specimen analysed by SEM-EDS.

Acquired in 1992. Ex J. Muizebelt stock.

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Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Yvonite

Formula: 
Cu(HAsO4)·2H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.25
Crystal System: 
Triclinic
Hardness: 
3.5 - 4.0
Type Locality: 
Salsigne mine, Salsigne, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Geminite

Formula: 
Cu(HAsO4)·H2O
Strunz: 
8.CB.30
Hardness: 
3.0 - 3.5
Type Locality: 
Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France...

Bismuth

Formula: 
Bi
Strunz: 
1.CA.05
Crystal System: 
Hexagonal
Hardness: 
2.0 - 2.5
Type Locality: 
Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany

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